Janet Perez Eckles

How to Find Gratitude in the Trenches of Motherhood

My gratitude journal opened a new horizon for me. I saw the best of motherhood, its joy and delightful moments.

November 05, 2024

How to Find Gratitude in the Trenches of Motherhood

5 Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Marriage

During that first year, dissatisfaction, disappointment, and discouragement were a part of daily life. It was clear to me we weren’t a match.

5 Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Marriage

10 Habits of All Unhappy Women

I stood at the kitchen counter, crumbled the paper in my hand, and gritted my teeth, “Is this how my life is supposed to be?” I screamed in my...

10 Habits of All Unhappy Women

4 Ways to Win Back Your Wife's Affection

Sonia slammed her purse on the couch, “My husband’s mother, his own mother had to remind him it’s my birthday!” she huffed. “When he said 'I do,'...

4 Ways to Win Back Your Wife's Affection

4 Assumptions about Your Wife That Need to Go

Here are 4 assumptions about your wife you need to stop making immediately.

4 Assumptions about Your Wife That Need to Go

5 Things You Do That Can Spiral into Divorce

The mistakes we made, the unrealistic expectations, the trials and the “me-first” attitudes all served a purpose. All proved our desperate need for...

February 15, 2023

5 Things You Do That Can Spiral into Divorce

4 Burdensome Lies Mothers Tell Themselves

“I’m going crazy,” Sally confessed, “do we vaccinate our kids or not. Do we home school or we don’t?”Sally and millions of moms today fret and...

January 18, 2022

4 Burdensome Lies Mothers Tell Themselves

4 Ways to Help Your Kids See the Bible as Truth

“Sometimes I can’t sleep,” my 12-year-old granddaughter said, “I’m kinda scared of the Corona Virus.”I hugged her tight. Honey, God is...

September 09, 2020

4 Ways to Help Your Kids See the Bible as Truth

4 Things to Celebrate as We Move into a New Normal

Judith looked out her bedroom window at her new world. She saw nothing but an image of her life-- Lost, confused, hurt, and afraid. She didn’t...

4 Things to Celebrate as We Move into a New Normal

4 Ways to Transform an Unhealthy Relationship into a Healthy One

What happened?Sandy did it all by the book—found Mr. Right in her senior year in college. She graduated, found a good job. And with anticipation of...

4 Ways to Transform an Unhealthy Relationship into a Healthy One

4 Traps of Pride that Can Destroy Your Marriage

“I don’t know why I bothered,” Jackie said as she shoved her towel into her bag. “Working out at this gym, trying to stay fit… for what? My life is...

January 24, 2020

4 Traps of Pride that Can Destroy Your Marriage

5 Ways to Stop Feeling Insecure as a Mom

Insecurity as a mom is completely normal. However, normal doesn't mean victorious. To triumph over your insecurities, obey these 5 stop signs.

November 18, 2019

5 Ways to Stop Feeling Insecure as a Mom

5 Promises That Healed Me after My Horrible Divorce

A true story about how the beautiful promises of God got one woman through the worst pain of her life.

September 24, 2019

5 Promises That Healed Me after My Horrible Divorce

5 Lies the Enemy Wants You to Believe When Infidelity Attacks Your Marriage

Our marriage had been happy and strong. But like shattering glass on concrete, my husband's unexpected announcement of infidelity crushed me.

September 20, 2019

5 Lies the Enemy Wants You to Believe When Infidelity Attacks Your Marriage

7 Steps to Being Secure in Who You Are

Ugly, worthless and unlovable, that’s what my mind repeated over and over again during sleepless nights. What happened? My life didn’t start out...

7 Steps to Being Secure in Who You Are

7 Steps to Conquer Loneliness

His side of the closet was empty. The only thing he left were three shirts that hung in the corner. “I’ll leave those shirts here,” Linda’s husband...

7 Steps to Conquer Loneliness

5 Signs the Person You're Dating Is Not Your Future Spouse

Does this man love God more than he loves me? And do his words, actions, attitude, demeanor, dreams and character reflect this conviction?

February 05, 2019

5 Signs the Person You're Dating Is Not Your Future Spouse

10 Things You Need to Find Contentment

It was supposed to be the happiest time of my life. I had it all. A husband who loved me. We went to church every week. We were financially secure,...

10 Things You Need to Find Contentment

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